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Biography
Over 15 years of experience as a professional software developer specializing in large-scale web application architecture and mobile software development.
Experience
Blackboard, Inc.
Principal Architect, Learn
Technical lead for Blackboard Learn product teams. Responsible for short term technical roadmap, overall product architecture quality and best practices in quality software engineering.
Fields:
Java, Software Architecture
Dates:
Jul. 2010 - Present
Location:
Washington, DC
dba Technologies, LLC
Founder and Principal
Custom iOS software development, primarily for the jailbroken iOS device market. iOS software consulting. My primary project, LockInfo, has been installed on over two million unique iOS devices.
Fields:
iphone development, iOS
Dates:
Oct. 2009 - Present
Location:
Washington, DC
Website:
Blackboard, Inc.
Director, Engineering
Managed the engineering organization based out of Blackboard's DC corporate headquarters, with teams focusing of two modules of the Blackboard LearnTM and the core architecture foundations of the product. Acted as liason between the Client Support organization and Product Development engineering, defining the process for engaging on critical client issues. Led the integration of the Blackboard Beyond team, including the software properties, into the Product Development engineering team and helped transition ownership of the hosting responsibilities to Ma
Dates:
Mar. 2008 - Aug. 2010
Location:
Washington, DC
Blackboard, Inc.
Engineering Manager
Managed a team of eight engineers, ranging in experience from software engineers to senior software architects. Acted as scrum master managing project-level tasks and engineering release manager managing release-level risks, issues and schedule. Coordinated resource allocation throughout the project lifecycle to maximize team efficiency. Refined processes and methodologies for the software development lifecycle. Implemented a knowledge management solution using Confluence enterprise wiki.
Dates:
Oct. 2006 - Mar. 2008
Location:
Washington, DC
Blackboard, Inc.
Senior Software Architect
Defined the architecture and system design for the Blackboard OutcomesTM product. Provided architecture oversight and design support to various project teams. Enhanced several internal frameworks to provide more flexibility for internal developers. Presented at the Blackboard Developer Conference on third-party APIs.
Dates:
Sep. 2005 - Oct. 2006
Location:
Washington, DC
LeftBrain, Inc
Senior Software Architect
Recruited to lead the refactoring and redevelopment of SourceCentreTM, a large-scale sourcing application, using J2EE technologies. Architected a layered system of components which dramatically reduced the time required to deploy customized versions of the application. Developed numerous frameworks used in SourceCentreTM and other projects to reduce development time. Designed and developed two new modules for SourceCentreTM providing task management and performance analysis capabilities for users. Redeveloped the system integration module allowing plugga
Dates:
Jul. 2002 - Sep. 2005
Location:
Washington, DC
e-centives, Inc.
Senior Software Engineer
Designed and implemented an Oracle transactional database to store subscriber information and integrated it with the current presentation infrastructure. Upgraded the presentation infrastructure to the BEA Weblogic Server platform using Java Web Applications. Developed Java components for accepting, presenting and redeeming online digital coupons. Implemented dynamic web pages for displaying E-centives' member accounts. Assisted in the redesign of the E-centives web site. Developed and integrated software for redeeming digital coupons in IBM Net.Commerce
Dates:
May. 1999 - Jul. 2002
Location:
Washington, DC
World Wide Technology
Software Engineer
Created dynamic web pages to provide inventory tracking and order status data to customers using Java Servlets and JHTML/JSP. Designed custom JavaBeans for connecting the dynamic web pages through JDBC to Oracle databases, including Oracle Financial Applications. Implemented cross-platform Java applets for online custom product design.
Dates:
Jul. 1997 - May. 1999
Location:
St. Louis, MO
Education
Washington University in St. Louis
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Fields:
Computer Science
Dates:
1993 - 1997
Location:
St. Louis, MO